Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kustuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to enjoy, taste”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkus.tuz/

Noun

*kustuz m

1. trial, choice

Inflection

Declension of *kustuz (u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*kustuz	*kustiwiz
vocative	*kustu	*kustiwiz
accusative	*kustų	*kustunz
genitive	*kustauz	*kustiwǫ̂
dative	*kustiwi	*kustumaz
instrumental	*kustū	*kustumiz

Related terms

• *keusaną
• *kustiz

Descendants

• Old English: cost (possibly also from Old Norse); cyst m
  • Middle English: cost
    • Scots: cost, kost, coust
    • English: cost (“manner, way”)
• Old Frisian: kest
• Old Saxon: *cust , kust
• Old Dutch: *kust
  • Middle Dutch: cust
    • Dutch: kust (archaic)
• Old High German: *kust
  • Middle High German: kust
    • German: Kust m (dialectal)
• Old Norse: kostr
  • Icelandic: kostur
  • Faroese: kostur
  • Old Swedish: koster, kuster
    • Swedish: -kost in farkost
  • Danish: kost
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kustus)